The New York Times Crossword
WHAT’S HANGING?
Lisa Senzel is a pathologist at Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island. Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle.
ACROSS
1 Bookish intellectuals
9 ____ Thai
12 Capital in the Caribbean 20 Lets handle
21 Romance author Huang 22 “Aww!’’-inspiring
23 Basic math subject
24 Ultimate degree
25 Goes around
26 Sting operation, basically
27 She released “30’’ in ’21 29 Microscope part
30 San ____ (Bay Area city) 33 Function of one end of a pencil
35 Musician with a Nobel Prize in Literature
39 “Eureka!’’
40 Concord and sultana
43 Significant feature of a May-December romance 46 Award bestowed by King Charles, in brief
47 Subatomic particle with no electric charge
49 Mockery
51 Words said with a gulp 52 Gathering of experts
57 Stung
58 Work on something you like?
59 Advil alternative
60 Follower of Christ?
61 Dieted, maybe
65 West Point student
66 Certain endurance athletes 70 Turns, in a sense
71 Essay assignment
73 Chutzpah
75 Appropriate answer for this place in the grid
76 Even one
77 “Why, you little stinkin’ …” 78 Time magazine once named him “Actor of the Century’’
80 Govt. employer of cryptologists
81 Mustafa ____ Atatürk, founding father of Turkey 83 Tend to the sauce, say 84 Gaelic tongue
85 Pelican pal of Nemo in “Finding Nemo’’
87 Options, metaphorically 89 Complete collection 90 Crested ____ (bird)
91 It might come packaged with a flavor packet 92 President between Tyler and Taylor
93 Earthy color
95 One in a black suit
97 World of Warcraft creatures
99 Unpopular bill
100 Number of legs on un escorpión 101 ____ program (college offering)
103 Brief moment
104 Director Lee
105 Piece of furniture with parts that fold down, as depicted seven times in this puzzle
111 Activity behind police tape, for short
112 Light bulb, in comics
114 One of many “residents’’ of San Francisco’s Pier
39 115 Michigan’s ____ Royale National Park
117 Lasagna cheese
120 “Star Wars’’ droid, familiarly
121 One-named vocalist with the hits “Foolish’’ and “Happy’’
124 Something that turns on a turntable
125 Nursery purchase
126 Relative of a bookcase 127 100%
128 Superlative suffix
129 Wine from the Rhone Valley 130 Nine digits on an I-9
131 “You just broke my toe, ____’’ (biology pun)
DOWN
1 Feature of “Peter Pan’’ and “Black Beauty’’
2 Mil. roadside hazard
3 Skosh
4 Paperless Post product 5 Moving backward
6 Section of an atlas
7 Sporty car roof
8 —
9 Rare bears
10 Pays to play
11 National flower of Mexico 12 Slabs for making pizza or bread
13 Poem about country living
14 “Ain’t gonna happen’’
15 Master keys?
16 Distinctively stylish 17 “American Dad!’’ airer 18 Stadium cheer
19 —
27 “Chances ____ …”
28 Part of the U.K.: Abbr.
30 Spa treatment, for short 31 “I’m literally right here …” 32 Full of tension
33 Person on the high C’s?
34 —
36 That guy who spills beer all over you, maybe
37 Partner of willing
38 Sun, for a sunflower
41 Meets, as a challenge
42 Main bug in “A Bug’s Life’’ 44 They’re not vets yet
45 Held up high
48 Menu bar option in Microsoft Excel
50 World’s tallest flying bird 52 A kid is a sucker for it
53 One way to take some courses
54 One who calls Homer Simpson “neighborino’’ 55 50/50 propositions
56 “Go for it!’’
61 Dojo offerings
62 Mellow
63 Concerned with roots
64 —
66 Part of E.P.A.
67 Christmas displays
68 Cores
69 —
72 Joint ventures?
74 “____ Vibration’’ (Bob Marley album)
77 Camera type, for short 79 ____ mission
82 “Everything is peachy!’’ 86 Texter’s qualifier
88 Who said, “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance’’
91 People who see things as they are
92 Grp. that might organize a walkathon 94 Comedian Margaret 96 Nebraska senator Fischer
98 Part of STEM: Abbr.
100 “Swan Lake’’ heroine
102 Parenting author Eda or meditation author Lawrence
106 Bounds
107 Word with bird or retirement
108 Place to give someone a ring
109 Big Apple?
110 You might lose a loose one 113 One eye in a winking emoticon
116 Hitch on Twitch, say 117 Orange-colored fruit pastry
118 Bedridden, say
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121 Sailors’ songs
122 One more than bi
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